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Interview with Thomas Desonay from Altitude Training

It is always exciting to see new training camps on the calendar and more options being offered to cyclist by companies like Altitude Training. We were curious to know more, so got in touch with Altitude Training’s founder Thomas Desonay and asked him a few questions.

CyclingLocations.com: When did you fall in love with cycling?Thomas Desonay:So I fall in love with cycling, especially MTB, when I was 17. Even though my father was the first winner of the MTB World Cup (Grundig Cup at that time), he never forced me into cycling so I pretty much fell in love by myself. I started competing at a high level at 21, and become a trainee in a pro team in South America at 22. I’ve refused a pro contrat and started travelling around the world always with my bike. I’m still racing at a pretty good level as I finished 8th at the 2016 World Championship in Perth, Australia.

CL: How was Altitude Training born?TD:Altitude Training Cycling Camp is born in January 2016. I already owned a company specializing in Altitude Training system, but my main passion is traveling & cycling. So I decided to create my proper travel company to share my personal experience and passion for cycling and traveling.

CL: What can cyclists expect from a week of training with you?TD:Our main objective is that our costumers feels just like professional cyclists. So they get all the support that Pros get, like daily massage, mechanics, support vehicles, carefully chosen hotel,… So they can accomplish their childhood dream !

CL: You organise camps in both Costa Blanca and Mallorca. So, which climb do you prefer Puerto De La Carrasqueta or Sa Calobra?TD:Sa Calobra of course! This is such a legendary climb. Because if you want to ride it, you have first to descent it. There isn’t other way to reach the bottom of the climb, and you’ll probably have to ride Puig Major or Coll de Sa Batalla, which are both though climb. But Sa Calobra is so rewarding when you get to top ! And I haven’t even talked about the famous 360° turn… Truly Epic!

CL: What is next for Altitude Training?TD:For 2017, our calendar is already pretty busy with training camp all over Europe, USA, Japan… But we still have some cards up our sleeves for 2018 such as Tenerife, which is more and more becoming a cycling must for winter training! So stay tuned!